# louro
## Galician
### Alternative forms

* loiro

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese louro (“dark coloured”), from Latin laurus (“laurel”). Cognate with Portuguese louro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlowɾo̝/

### Adjective

louro (feminine loura, masculine plural louros, feminine plural louras)
* dark blonde; blonde; golden
* black; dark brown; dark purple
    Synonyms: negro, preto
** 1813, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Rogos de un escolar gallego:Sobre un tapiz dua mesa mais louro do que é o carbon hay procesos, e un tinteiro feito de corno de boy.Over the cloth of a table, blacker than coal, there are lawsuits and an inkwell made with ox horn

### Noun

louro m (plural louros, feminine loura, feminine plural louras)
* laurel tree
    Synonym: loureiro
** 1409, Pensado Tomé, edited by José Luis, Tratado de Albeitaria, page 109:Para esto val a manteiga mesturada con olio de louroFor this is good the butter mixed with laurel oil
* blonde person
* boulder, craig

#### Derived terms

* Louredo
* loureiro
* Lourido

### See also

* rubio

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “louro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “louro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “louro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “louro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “louro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* loiro

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlo(w).ɾu/ [ˈlo(ʊ̯).ɾu]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈlo(w).ɾu/ [ˈlo(ʊ̯).ɾu]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈlo(w).ɾo/ [ˈlo(ʊ̯).ɾo]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlo(w).ɾu/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈlo(w).ɾu/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈlow.ɾu/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈlo.ɾu/
* Rhymes: -owɾu
* Hyphenation: lou‧ro

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese louro, from Latin laurus (“laurel”).

#### Noun

louro m (plural louros, feminine loura, feminine plural louras)
* blond (fair haired person)
    Synonyms: (Santa Catarina, Brazil, slang) alemão, (Northeast, Brazil, slang) galego, (Paraná, Brazil, slang) polaco
    Coordinate terms: moreno, ruivo
* blond (pale golden brown colour)
    Synonym: fulvo
* laurel (plant)
    Synonyms: lauro, loureiro
* laurel leaf, used as food

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:louro.

#### Adjective

louro (feminine loura, masculine plural louros, feminine plural louras)
* blonde (having blonde hair)
* blonde (blonde coloured)
    Synonyms: fúlvido, fulvo

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:louro.

#### Related terms

* alourar
* láurea
* laurear
* laurel
* lauréola
* laurífero
* laurígero
* lauro
* louraça
* lourecer
* loureiral
* loureiro
* lourejar

### Etymology 2

Possibly Malay luri.

#### Noun

louro m (plural louros)
* parrot
    Synonym: papagaio

##### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:louro.